Sup guys I have been having issues with awake time. While I'm still getting good batter life I'm thinking it could be better if I figure out what's keeping my phone awake. Well today I was in a not so great service area for most of the day and I see my awake time coincides with the bad service area. When it goes green the phone sleeps when its yellow it is awake. Is this a known thing for bad service to keep the phone awake? I know it searches for signal and burns more battery but I did not know if it should be awake. Thoughts?
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Sup guys I have been having issues with awake time. While I'm still getting good batter life I'm thinking it could be better if I figure out what's keeping my phone awake. Well today I was in a not so great service area for most of the day and I see my awake time coincides with the bad service area. When it goes green the phone sleeps when its yellow it is awake. Is this a known thing for bad service to keep the phone awake? I know it searches for signal and burns more battery but I did not know if it should be awake. Thoughts?
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Are you rooted? I doubt its just from radio. Something is constantly waking your phone. But you need gsam or wakelock detector to show you what is waking the phone. Without root, its not so easy to find out tho.
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And no, that is not good battery life. For the amount of screen time it seems you have there, the battery should still be at 50 or 60...or more, percent.
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Are you rooted? I doubt its just from radio. Something is constantly waking your phone. But you need gsam or wakelock detector to show you what is waking the phone. Without root, its not so easy to find out tho.
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And no, that is not good battery life. For the amount of screen time it seems you have there, the battery should still be at 50 or 60...or more, percent.
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No I'm not rooted and would rather not. I just shut off Google now. Gonna see what that does. Never use it anyway
But do you see how the awake happens when I go into yellow or worse signal. Is that weird or what?
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No I'm not rooted and would rather not. I just shut off Google now. Gonna see what that does. Never use it anyway
But do you see how the awake happens when I go into yellow or worse signal. Is that weird or what?
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It actually seems pretty consistent to me, green or yellow.
Its probably an app or service. Without root, very hard to track down.
Try turning off gnow, location services completely off, in Google settings app...uncheck both options in android device manager.. And then turn off sync completely in your Google account settings....and see how it is then. If it still happens, its an app for sure. You'll have to track it down by process of elimination. If all that stops it, then turn things on one at a time....with a few hours in between...until you catch the culprit.
Good luck!!
Great I will do that. Thanks man
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New battery was drained and fully charged while the phone was off.
Now it drains to 15% after less then 12 hours of average use.
When charger is unplugged the battery imm goes down to 97%
what is the best way to improve the battery performance ?
Don't use it as much
Everything has a work in time, your phone needs to forget about old battery and dance with a new partner. Give it a chance...
Oh and search is a good thing. This phone isn't cutting edge anymore.
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12-13 hours battery is good.
Reset battery stats
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Did you get this battery from china?
It probably has like 800mah.
Is there any battery today that does not originate in China ?
It is marked "SAMSUNG G7 1500mah".
I already tried to calibrate the battery about a week ago using a market application that claims to perform a reset of the battery stats.
after the reset I drained the battery for 3 days and recharged while the phone was off every night (during those 3 days).
then for the first few days the battery actually held up nicely reaching 50-60% after 12 hours.
after a week or so it started to drain more rapidly reaching 15-20% in the evening.
It also fails to hold 100% when the charger is unplugged, going straight to 97%.
should I try another battery or is there a another way to calibrate the battery ?
What does your 'Battery Use' say is using most of your battery?
kalda01 said:
Is there any battery today that does not originate in China ?
It is marked "SAMSUNG G7 1500mah".
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Its still quite possibly a fake samsung battery. Did it come from a reputable seller at least? If yes return it.
Heres an example of battery life with a genuine samsung 1500mah battery
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Hey BenKranged
What APP did you use for that screen capture? I know this has nothing to do with this post but looking for one on the market and there are so many to choose from.
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Hey BenKranged
What APP did you use for that screen capture? I know this has nothing to do with this post but looking for one on the market and there are so many to choose from.
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I've had good luck with the ShootMe app. (Sorry, I'm not BenKranged, but I thought I'd throw that out there.)
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I've had good luck with the ShootMe app. (Sorry, I'm not BenKranged, but I thought I'd throw that out there.)
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Thanks I will give it a try
Shootme is what I used.
Afaik pretty much all screenshot apps require root.
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What does your 'Battery Use' say is using most of your battery?
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Over 50% is used by "Display".
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Is there a way to identify a genuine non-fake G7 battery ?
That's how mine looks. My battery does seem to drain fast when I am actually using it. But, also when I'm not using it, it seems to keep at a steady battery level for a while. I guess it's a trade off. I also use Juice Defender which definitely helps.
I probably used juice defender for about 4 months. Then I tried running without it and found I got equal or better battery life.
Fellows.
I've a serious problem with my phone. After I updated it to a stock rom (BRAZIL latest 4.1.2, released November 2013). My phone has started to drain its battery to levels I've not seen before. Let me explain.
I woke up on the morning with 100% charged phone, use it to play some music on my way to work, a little whatsapp, twitter an FB and usddenly it reboots. Then, when is loading up, gives me the beeps of "low battery" and is 7% or 0% and it keeps rebooting. I wait about 10 minutes after remove the battery to power it on again and works, but the battery is now 34% and so on it changes within the days this happened. Checking the battery status, it shows me this: (look how many minutes had benn on the phone, just 33)
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And this are my stats for the use (note that I haven't use chrome)
And, what is keeping me doubtfull, is that the ANDROID OS drain so much battery! this time is less, other times is 50%
So far I've returned to an stock from Chile (my country) but it keeps doing the same thing. So does anyone knows something about it? or like this?
I haven't delete all the stuff after re flash the stock version from my country. Will do it now. Please, any help will be very helpfull and sorry for the long post.
Installed a new custom rom, nothing happened. Still having those battery drains. Could it be possible that my battery has died? please! any help will be awesome.
EDIT: Since no one answered I've figure it out that the problem was the battery. Replaced it and everything is normal now. Original battery was getting "fat". Thanks guys.
nanox_al said:
Installed a new custom rom, nothing happened. Still having those battery drains. Could it be possible that my battery has died? please! any help will be awesome.
EDIT: Since no one answered I've figure it out that the problem was the battery. Replaced it and everything is normal now. Original battery was getting "fat". Thanks guys.
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You got it right. First thing you need to do is physical symptoms. A battery that swells is a sign that it needs to be replaced. :good:
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Walseth said:
You got it right. First thing you need to do is physical symptoms. A battery that swells is a sign that it needs to be replaced. :good:
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Also, just a piece of advice, as much as possible do not use the phone while charging and try not to use live themes as these eats up your battery juice fast.
Walseth said:
You got it right. First thing you need to do is physical symptoms. A battery that swells is a sign that it needs to be replaced. :good:
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Also, just a piece of advice, as much as possible do not use the phone while charging and try not to use live themes as these eats up your battery juice fast.
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I have the exact same problem. Only my battery isn't swollen, that's the first thing I checked. I don't know what to do.. Can anyone help? Thank you in advance!
EDIT: Battery WAS in fact swollen, but not much, anyways solved the problem with a new one!
Hi all,
I am new to this forum...just quickly asking if there is any Lt25i user on this forum having the same issue with the battery. I've been using it for about 8 months with a stock rom (4.1.2, all updated). It is good device in generally apart from the battery which drain itself in about 8 hours or 9 hours of normal office worker use (you know, reply 20 or 30ish msgs or a couple calls total 30 mins tops, play around during lunch time, on a HSPA+ network, not LTE, about 20 apps installed on the device and no games at all).. and sometimes you can see the battery percentage drops down by one or two percent when you have been whatsapping continuously for about 10 mins..That's so much quicker than the other phone that I have (Galaxy S4). any one experiencing the same issue? what would you recommend? I am planning to flash the rom but not entirely sure which to choose. Your response is appreciated.
Ray
Youre not alone buddy. Although to many causes frustrations, if I'm just texting (whatsapp) I just leave it on Edge, or disable mobile data when im not using the phone. It's when I'm surfing the net that I'll leave it on HSPA+.
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A lil battery optimization even on this 'tiny' battery by 2014 standards could have gone a long way.
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To be quite honest, 5.5 hours of screen on is pretty darn awesome for any Android phone except behemoths like RAZR MAXX or Galaxy Note models.
Spotja said:
Youre not alone buddy. Although to many causes frustrations, if I'm just texting (whatsapp) I just leave it on Edge, or disable mobile data when im not using the phone. It's when I'm surfing the net that I'll leave it on HSPA+.
A lil battery optimization even on this 'tiny' battery by 2014 standards could have gone a long way.
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However, with HSPA+ always on I can only get around 3.5-4 hours SOT at 15 plus hours on battery. The OP should install BBS and check what eats his battery on the background. 8 hours is pathetic.
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WTF??? What am I doing that I have never gotten more than 3 hours of screen time with this phone? And I'm using greenify...
Eason85 said:
WTF??? What am I doing that I have never gotten more than 3 hours of screen time with this phone? And I'm using greenify...
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Turn off internet + lowest brightness + auto brightness and wole ~5h for sure
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WTF??? What am I doing that I have never gotten more than 3 hours of screen time with this phone? And I'm using greenify...
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Ainster said:
Turn off internet + lowest brightness + auto brightness and wole ~5h for sure
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And surf the net and/or text with mobile data off at lowest brightness in broad daylight
I have the same issue but couldn't find the reason why
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Hey guys,
Take a look at what is happening to my battery while on Wifi below. This keep-awake only happens when on WiFi. I tested it yesterday by being on LTE all day and got 20+hours with 40% battery left. Today it will be drained in half that. Having WiFi on seems to keep the phone awake and it drains steadily in the background. I have keep wifi on during sleep off so I'm not sure what is up.
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Hey guys,
Take a look at what is happening to my battery while on Wifi below. This keep-awake only happens when on WiFi. I tested it yesterday by being on LTE all day and got 20+hours with 40% battery left. Today it will be drained in half that. Having WiFi on seems to keep the phone awake and it drains steadily in the background. I have keep wifi on during sleep off so I'm not sure what is up.
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get the update
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get the update
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Already did. I just factory resetted too while on the update. Still doing it:
http://imgur.com/a/1Xj0Q
Try disabling Smart Network Switch. It should be located under WiFi settings.
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Try disabling Smart Network Switch. It should be located under WiFi settings.
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Already been disabled.
DrexelDragon said:
Already did. I just factory resetted too while on the update. Still doing it:
http://imgur.com/a/1Xj0Q
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Are u rooted? If so better battery stats and screen shot wake locks and alarm. Should tell u what is going on.
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Are u rooted? If so better battery stats and screen shot wake locks and alarm. Should tell u what is going on.
NOTE 4
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Nah I'm not rooted. Might try that next if I have to.
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Nah I'm not rooted. Might try that next if I have to.
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ever figure this out?
Wifi does tend to use more battery and have more wakelock
Thread moved to Q&A as the OP was asking for help.
Apps will usually sync more often if they see that you are on WiFi.
is there to make the phone NOT scan for new networks once you have connected to a wifi network?
You have Always Allow Scanning unchecked, right?
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You have Always Allow Scanning unchecked, right?
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Yes.
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Apps will usually sync more often if they see that you are on WiFi.
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Sure I get that, but since when is battery life on LTE 5x better than when in WiFi? It's always been the opposite for me.
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Sure I get that, but since when is battery life on LTE 5x better than when in WiFi? It's always been the opposite for me.
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Tried turning off Wifi based location services?
Under Settings --> location.
Since you have Wifi location services off when Wifi is off, could explain the difference in wake locks.
Location services feed into a lot of other services, like Google Now, which ramps up the more data it gets.
I am having the same problem, more consumption with wifi on than mobile data, did you find a way to fix this?
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Same here. Any news?
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Turn off smart switch to prevent hopping thru frequencies, turn off using wifi in location, turn off keep wifi on during sleep.
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That is off by default.
Anyone felt like returning this phones after a week cause of battery life?
Im not cause its not that bad and maybe a custom ROM may be able to work on that just looking for other people's experience and what they think thanks!
It's useable with a few temp.. tweaks .
The bottom line is this all occurs with lollipop in general S5 was great on kitkat ...until 5.0
It's not the phone it's features and O.S
People are disabling Volte and WiFi calling it helps a lot
I wouldn't return it over battery life yet the camera is way to good
Give it time We get roms soon and mods it's I take back everything +I said
Samsung needs to take back every s6 and Rethink there whole O.S
For a 750$ flag ship release its so buggy it's hopeless .
Camera is only worthwhile feature
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Do one factory reset and set up phone again and disable VOLTE FOR NOW under Phone /More .
Cycle the battery meaning charge filly and let it fully drain as far as you can before recharging again .Another words don't fully charge it when it hits 40%
This is true the battery's learn a drain span
I'f you recharge anything above 10% it isn't gonna learn it's max capacity Takes like a week.
The main fix is Volte disable and WiFi calling
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i turned off volte i dont really see the need for it i mean its a phone call why do you need such high speeds lol my phone is at 2 percent waiting for it to die lol thanks
If it wasn't for the rapid quick charge I probably would have
returned it but the fact that I can top off in a half an hour it's really not a problem getting through the day.
I think it has something to do that the phone is not going to deep sleep, i rooted mine and flashed a custom kernel, now it does deep sleep and battery is ok now
While battery life isn't as good as some phones I've used recently I still got 5hrs SOT yesterday. Not bad at all.
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While battery life isn't as good as some phones I've used recently I still got 5hrs SOT yesterday. Not bad at all.
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That is pretty good for this phone ....
Has anyone tried going into Developer Options }Limit Back
Ground Processes to 4 ?
I wonder if this barely slows the Phone for most things but might give an additional ( wild guess 10% to 25%) Battery Life.
I don't have one but if this works....be easier for me to decide.
I may put this idea in a separate Thread.
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That is pretty good for this phone ....
Has anyone tried going into Developer Options }Limit Back
Ground Processes to 4 ?
I wonder if this barely slows the Phone for most things but might give an additional ( wild guess 10% to 25%) Battery Life.
I don't have one but if this works....be easier for me to decide.
I may put this idea in a separate Thread.
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Yea I can't complain about battery life. The screen is so ridiculous I end up using the phone for no reason, so my usage at least for now since it's new, isn't my normal usage.
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